Harry here. Being an Uber Black driver can be a pretty lucrative way for drivers to make more money for the same time and amount of driving. But how can you get started as an Uber Black driver? Today, RSG contributor The Black Car Guy answers some your questions about becoming an Uber Black driver.

The Black Car Guy has been doing rideshare for 4 years full-time and has been driving for Uber Black/SUV full-time for 2 and a half years, so he knows quite a bit about being a successful Uber Black driver. Check out his advice below for new Uber Black drivers.

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Harry here. A couple years ago we featured a guest post from The Black Car Guy talking about how he went from a low paid cab driver to a $10,000 a month UberSUV driver. A lot has changed since then, though, so I wanted to bring him back to update us on what he’s been up to over the past two years. Seems like things are still going well, and there are some great lessons learned for those trying to stay ahead of the curve.

I’ve been involved in rideshare driving since the first days of Sidecar back in the summer of 2012. Since then, I’ve worked for Lyft, UberX, UberSUV, delivered food for Caviar, did errands for Exec, and worked with at least twenty other startups and established companies as well as starting my own limo service. I guess 4 years of this makes me an old timer, but I’ve always found a way to make it work! And I actually drove a cab for a few months before all that, so it really seems like I’ve done it all.

About 2 years ago I wrote an article on The Rideshare Guy about going from a low paid cab driver to making $10,000 a month as a high paid UberSUV driver, which a lot of readers were interested in at the time. A recent commenter on that article asked Harry what I’d been up to since then. Harry asked me to elaborate, so here I am and here’s what I’ve been up to over the past two years.

I’ve been fielding lots of questions lately from drivers looking to try out UberBlack. Unfortunately, Black registration is closed to individuals in pretty much every Uber city but there is a huge underground network of Uber fleet owners that are currently renting out their cars. In today’s podcast, I break down who these fleet owners are and what it’s like driving for one of them.

Smart drivers are always looking for new ways to increase their earnings without having to do additional work. Renting from someone else probably won’t make you rich but it may be less risk and get you more money than your current situation. I know some drivers have even considered building their own fleet so I’ll explain fully how that works too.

Today’s guest is someone you guys may already be familiar with and since so many of you enjoyed his posts I wanted to bring the Black Car Guy on to the podcast and talk some rideshare. BCG as I like to call him started off as a taxi driver and has now become one the top paid and rated UberBlack/SUV drivers. I know most of you aren’t Black/SUV and don’t have any intention of switching but I think there is still a lot that we can learn from the BCG.

There’s no denying the facts: UberX and Lyft markets are getting saturated with drivers, rates have been cut and it’s not quite as lucrative as it once was. Don’t get me wrong, I think there is still a ton of opportunity for drivers but you have to drive smarter than ever these days. Since I’m a part time driver, I can still make very good money cherry-picking the best hours (think Friday/Saturday nights, holidays, etc) but there are a lot of people who might not have that luxury. That’s one of the reasons why I’m happy to have The Black Car Guy back today to talk about the nuts and bolts about how he got signed up to drive for Uber Black/SUV. A lot of you had questions after his first article so we wanted to shed some light on that process.

Hi, it’s the Black Car Guy again. In my first article for The Ridehare Guy, I talked about the great month I had in October, earning just about $10k after commissions, after only 6 months as a Black Car driver for Uber. As might be expected, a lot of you wanted to know more about how a driver would go about getting into this line of work and making this amount of money.

This week, I’ll dig a little deeper into the details of what’s required to drive Uber Black/SUV and what the steps are for anyone wanting to take their game to the next level.

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